Over the weekend we celebrated Maria’s first birthday. I can’t believe she is one already; it seems as if only yesterday we brought her home from the hospital.
It was a small party (family and a couple of our close friends) and we held it at Mount Annan Botanical Gardens (NSW). The place is lovely and the weather turned out perfect. I made simple decorations consisting of tissue paper pom-poms and paper chains.
I also had a garland of photos of Maria on her monthly birthday during the year. It was nice to see the development and changes in her every month.
As for the cake…. I wanted Maria to have her own small cake that she could enjoy all by herself, so I made a small vanilla sponge with vanilla icing. I piped the number 1 and the flowers in the theme colours.
For the guests I made cupcakes and printed Maria’s cheeky face as the decoration. I was inspired by the idea I saw on Pinterest and decided to make something similar.
It was a lovely celebration and although Maria won’t remember it, there will be lots of pictures to show her when she is older.
p.s. a separate post about Maria’s outfit shall follow!
I'm planning Elka's birthday party too- and we're heading to the Wollongong Botanical Gardens, it's funny I didn't really appreciate these public spaces until having a baby! They are so wonderful. It looks so sweet! :)
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ReplyDeleteLove the cup cakes!
Happy First Birthday Maria! :)
ReplyDelete(They grow too quickly I think!) Mummy, it looks like you did a super job! Great to see different party ideas being shared.
I love the cupcake dots! Great family photo too! x
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh she is adorable. I love her cute cheeks.
ReplyDeleteWell done with the piping! It looks really good.
Love the photos! Such a great idea for the monthly photos of Maria through out the year :) And she looks like she is enjoying her own little cake haha
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